DELAWARE BB 28

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Delaware Class Battleship
Keel Laid November 11 1907 - Launched February 6 1909


1. USS DELAWARE Battleship No. 28
   Commissioned April 4 1910
   
   
2. USS DELAWARE BB-28
   Designated (BB) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned November 10 1923
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 10 1923
   Broken up for scrap 1924

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1910-20)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post office established May 6 1910 - Disestablished November 23 1923

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-07-10

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 1u (C)

1910-11-18

Note: Bottom 'killer bar" is actually the edge of the rubber stamp mold. It is deceiving.

 

Locy Type 1u (C)

1911-12-07

Note: Picture postcard

 

Locy Type 2

1913-02-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 2rz

1918-04-08

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "GUATANAABY / CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13

1916-03-03

Killer text from "Guantanamo Bay, Cuba"

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13

1917-04-13

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13a

1913-12-21

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 "A. E. F. U. S. N. / FOR. SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13b

1918-02-05

Postmark killer = "American Expeditionary Force United States Navy / Foreign Service"
Postmark bears certain similarities to 'USCS Catalog Illus. D13a'

 

Locy Type 3 "A. E. F. U. S. N. / FOR. SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13b

1918-02-05

Close-up view of Censor Marking from the Feb 5 1918 cover
"A.E.F. PASSED AS / CENSORED #15 / {Signature} / Lt. U.S.N."

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-13c

1920-01-14

Note:

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named the State of Delaware (the first state in the Union).

Six ships of the US Navy have been named DELAWARE - USS Delaware (24-gun frigate 1776), USS Delaware (20-gun ship 1798), USS Delaware (74-gun ship of the line 1820), USS Delaware (side-wheel steamer 1861), USS Delaware (screw steamer 1869), USS Delaware BB-28. SP-467 (later AT-5S and YT-111) served in the Navy from 1917 to 1923. Although officially known as SP-467, she was erroneously listed under her merchant name of Delaware on various occasions.

 

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